I think I still have the Japanese writing which was on the original 2x2 when I bought it in Japan. It is in a drawer since the 1980s!
http://www.cointalk.com/t69049/ HELLO MARKCEN HELLO CHRISTIAN THIS CT POST DESCRIBES THE STORY BEHIND THE 500 LIRE COIN....
This is an Italian 10 Centesimi coin which I posted yesterday. It is about 30% red and dated 1867 with an H mintmark. [IMG] One of the most...
There are some coin shops in Frankfurt but as I recall, the GPS showed most of them to be far away from the city center. There is one located a...
Silver Shu This is my only rectangular coin from Japan.
Just in case anybody is interested..... Ichi = one Ni = two San = three Yan = four Go = five Roku = six Nana = seven Hachi = eight Ku = nine Ju =...
It is all good stuff. #1 Did you take a picture before you traded it all away? #2 Obviously, the pound coin & the Euro are valued at more than...
1842 over 0 This is the last coin in the batch. It is an 1842 one quart from Gibraltar. The date looks like 2 over 0 & I thought that this...
Hello Ardatirion, I suspect that several of these coins have spent their time in the proverbial dealer’s junk box. I suspect that my friend the...
This puppy is old. The design and size is what drew me to this 1807 Austrian 30 Kreuzer. It is like the diameter of a US dollar and has a great...
Hello Ripley, My new Conder is from 1794. (I think it is a Conder). I like the obverse castle & motto “For Change Not Fraud - Bridgewater...
This 1855 Netherlands 5-cent piece is a little coin. It is really thin (like a US three cent silver). [IMG]
The Italy 10 Centesimi coin is dated 1867 with H mintmark. My friend said “anything that old with 30% red belongs in your collection”. Yep, I...
Insurrection Coin! Austrian Netherlands or the United States of Belgium My personal favorite in this batch is the Liard coin from Belgium. This...
Here is another small batch from the old time collection. I grabbed-up some interesting copper this time. These coins seem to be in nice...
My technique is to first place the slab or proof set into a plastic sandwich baggie. I then squeeze the part in a shop vice until it "pops". I...
Swag I had never seen one of those coins before. 100 Pence / 200 Cents is wild. AU 57.3 ? I suppose it could be graded MS 62.
Hello Nightowl, There is a V-nickel on foriegn planchet (2.96 grams) for sale on Teletrade right now....
The mint mark does look strange. The tooling marks on the obverse rim (spikes) are indicative of counterfiet manufacture. Spike like these are...
It sold for US$569. Assuming that it is gold (and possibly even finer than a US coin) then the bullion value is not so far off.:whistle:
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